Posted by Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Wednesday July 24, 2024
Holger Rune has joined the list of players who will not participate in the Paris Olympics tennis event.
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The 16th-ranked Danish player revealed that he has been suffering from a bone injury in his left wrist since May, and doctors have advised him to take some time off.
Rune, 21, was going to play for the first time in the Olympics. Instead he joins the World No.1 Jannik Sinner, who also announced his withdrawal on Tuesday, is on the list of top players who will not play in Paris. Ranked seventh Hubert Hurkacz He also pulled out this week with a knee injury.
“I am very sorry that I will not be able to play in the Olympics,” Rune wrote on social media. “It’s something I’ve been looking forward to playing and being a part of. I have played with pain in my wrist throughout the clay and grass season, so I have to take medical advice seriously. I will follow the Olympics from home and cheer for all the Danish athletes and I hope and believe that we can come back with many medals from Paris.”
I am very sorry that I will not be able to play in the Olympics. It’s something I’ve been looking forward to playing and being a part of.
I have played with pain in my wrist throughout the clay and grass season, so I have to take medical advice seriously. I will…– Holger Rune (@holgerrune2003) July 24, 2024
Rune recently came out of Hamburg, citing a knee injury, but on his return home he underwent a wrist test and was ruled out of this week’s 250-level event in Umag.
The 21-year-old is 27-15 this season so far.
